What is bipolar ionization?


Plasma Air products uses soft ionization technology for proactive indoor air purification.

How Soft Ionization Purifies Indoor Air

Around the world, commercial buildings and residential homes face a hidden challenge - indoor air quality. With air ion densities inside buildings often dropping 80-95% compared to nature, WellAir's soft ionization (bipolar ionization) technology is designed to restore healthy indoor air via HVAC systems, worldwide.

Let's review what soft ionization is and how it works to clean the air of pollutants.

Particles cluster

Positively and negatively charged ions cause airborne particles to cluster.

Particles caught

Filters catch the large particle clusters.

Pathogens inactivated

Oxygen Ions inactivate bacteria and viruses as they bond.

Odors neutralized

Oxygen ions neutralize odorous gases and aerosols in the process.

VOCs inactivated

Oxygen ions cause a reaction with VOCs breaking down their molecular structure.

Sunlight in our atmosphere produces a bioclimate rich in positive and negative oxygen ions. Soft ionization technology also creates this ion-rich climate. The negative ions contain an extra electron while the positive ions are missing an electron. The result is ions existing in an unstable condition.

In an effort to find balance, the polarized ions seek out atoms and molecules in the air who they can trade electrons with. This process neutralizes particulate matter, bacteria and virus cells, odorous gases and aerosols, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

What are oxygen ions?

Ions are molecules or atoms that contain an electrical charge and exist in nature in various sizes. Small ions only last between 30 and 300 seconds before losing their charge but are extremely active.

Ion densities range from 900 to 1,100 negative ions and 1,000 to 1,200 positive ions per cubic centimeter (ions/cm3) in pristine natural environments. At sea level, ion density is typically around 500 negative and 600 positive ions/cm3. In cities and inside buildings ion levels drop by 80% to 95% and can be barely detectable in small spaces.

As ion density decreases, so does the air quality. By increasing the quantity of both positively and negatively charged oxygen ions, air quality is improved. This is the basis of Plasma Air's bipolar ionization technology.

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How does it work?

Watch the video to learn how bipolar ionization technology works. Within a home or building, our HVAC air purification products continuously clean the air with negatively and positively charged oxygen ions.

How is it installed?

Plasma Air products use soft ionization, or bipolar ionization, technology, which produce oxygen ion molecules, essentially nature's way of cleaning the air. 

The product mounts in the duct or at the blower housing.

These oxygen ion molecules circulate throughout the home or building's ductwork system, inactivating and reducing airborne pathogens and pollutants.

Affordable, Safe & Effective

Plasma Air's soft ionization technology is safe, low maintenance, easy-to-install, and energy efficient.  Our whole-building air purification solutions are highly effective on pollutants such as particulate matter, bacteria, viruses, mold spores, odors, and VOCs.

Review third party testing which validates the efficacy of our air purification technology.

Viruses & Bacteria

Reduces dangerous pathogens.

VOCs

Neutralizes harmful VOCs.

Mold

Inactivates mold spores.

Particles

Reduces fine particulate matter.

Odors

Neutralizes offensive odors.

Pollen

Reduces pollen and pet dander.

Plasma Air Soft Ionization

HVAC air purification products for residential and commercial applications. Plasma Air products use active air purification ion technology to proactively purify indoor air.

Plasma Air Commercial Solutions

Plasma Air commercial HVAC products use soft ionization needle-point technology to safely and continuously purify the indoor air. Thousands of commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings around the world utilize our technology.

All Plasma Air products are UL 2998 validated for zero ozone emissions.

Plasma Air Residential Solutions

For residential and light commercial applications, the PlasmaPURE products provides safe and continuous air purification. Using soft ionization technology, the units neutralize pathogens and pollutants plus reduce odors.

All PlasmaPURE products are UL 2998 validated for zero ozone emissions.

HOW TO PURCHASE

Plasma Air products are available worldwide. Contact us directly for more information about purchasing.

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